Weaning: a practical approach 227 Rebecca F. D’Cruz, Nicholas Hart and Georgios Kaltsakas Tracheostomy 235 Elise Morawiec, Bernard Fikkers and Alexandre Demoule Physiotherapy and speech therapy in ventilated patients 242 Rik Gosselink and Christina Iezzi 8. Technical aspects of the ventilator Technical aspects of the ventilator 252 Frans de Jongh and Peter Somhorst Index